Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1887-10-16

Friend Boy. ................ 1
Bob Wiley Observation-Disclosures. 3 3 3
Time 2:35 81 2:39 4, 1856 8 4, 2:36 "a.
The pony race. pace or trot, two in three
mile heats purse s35, was entered by Wichit
Eagle, Sorrel Bill and Jerry Buttermlk. l
g was the ''rat lest" race of The fair Gener
aliziug it was peith'r pace OF trot. They
ran over the track like zigzag lightning if i
could be made to zig zsg slow. The Grove
at first seemed to eIjoy it but soon got tired
It seemed to be q catch s-catch can bust
ness. 1t was at first the intention to make
it three in five, but got so rotten that tn,
judges cut it off at the third heat. Wichits
Eagle was the only one that made any pre-
t. sions to tror.
Wichita Eagle. 2
Sor g. Bill. 3
| Jerry B.. Observation-Disclosures. ]
Time, 500, 1922, 500
The special pace; mile heats, three In five
mile heats for $500 was very fine race. II
was entered by Budwiser, owned z. T.
Wand; Cep Hazard, owned by Frank Har-
land, and Iole Wilkes owned by n. G..
Toer.
Immediately af er the word In the first
heat Cap Fl. gard broke and as result lost
several lengths in the first quarter. At the
end Of the third qusrter lone Wilkes was
over two lengths behind Budwiser. He
gained about two ler grhs coming in an inch
behind Budwiser. The secood and third
heats were very close and won by Budwiser
by two or three feet.
| But u User. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS, I
| Capt Hazard 3 3 3
lime, 2:4u; 2:3S; 2:45
| An exhibition race, two best in three, mile
heats, was one OF the most attractive featur. s
| OF the day. 1t was betwe n Katie C and
| Friday, owned by The Cottrill br eedng farm
Friday; was rode by Miss Jessie Cottril, a
| l5-yesr-old 6aug liter of the owner Of the
horses She proved herself a good rider and
| was received by the crowd with cheers A
gentleman from Rochester, n. Y stated last
| evening that If she would ride In bi,
town she would draw crowd of five thou
saud people. 1t took three heats to decide
the race and each was yery.interesting. The
horses passed each other repeatedly which is
one Of the most attractive features OF a heat
The result is as follows:
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TIme-2;O4, 2;07, 2:13.
The one mile heat between Messrs. z V.
Healy, n. A, Eoglish and W. d. Mccormick
was the last on the program, and was not
called until ter s o'clock. As an evidence
that it was looked for with interest, but few
of the crowd left, but waited patiently to
see it After little warming up, and some
i'll attempts at jockey tricks in the way OF
scoring, they got a start. About the first
thing McCormick's horse did was to com
mence paving the air cut Of time
English soon took up the same program
while Healey sawed wood and said moth
ing. The frs; half found Healy foil wed by
English two lengths and Mccormick near the
same distance. They held about the samo
Positions at the finish. Time, 3:27l. Con |
sidera6le money was put up on the race by |
on siders which lent additional interest,
.. c. Daisy and Ed Healy followed in the !
race near hundred yards behind and claim |
they were C, mpelled to hold their horses to |
Keep from running over the racers
After the heat it was ar
nounced that arrangements had been |
made for foot race. The fair was ended |
and the foot race gents took charge of the
track In front Of the amphitheater Meas
aring off $50 yards two lads stepped forward
stripped for business They scored for about
fifteen minutes and gave up the job, while a
general no vi Of derision went up from ali
hands, 1t was stated that the name of ore
s Watson, a local sport. and the other is
from kan,as City.
FINAL ANNOUNCEMENT
The management OF the Wichita South /
W. stern Horse Fair Association desire 10
announce to The citizens Of Wichita and
Sedgwich C unity thst their fair az Riverside
fark has proven 10 be a success financially.
Md they ale hairy tosay that after paying
III tljs, they Will have balance to donate
% the sr ciion Of St johns cathedral in this
'ity In this CT injection they desire to thsnk
ne pubic al La &c Tor their lioerality. E.
'eclally DO they uesiI 10 thank Hon. P. |,
Aiien, Dsyor Ct our city, and chi,f of the
Ire department, Mr. Weldan. for contribur- {
ny one # the iesdiug attractions at the fair.
be great race between the Hose Co.'S No. !
nj :, ano o he members CT these coaipan .
8 ho took paIt in this great exhibition If 7
1eei we ieel psIticu ar Y graf, full; also TIL q
'ichits Boat Cluo have cur thauks for their I
II mptness IN carrying cut the G
AGING events Of the regatta, ,
nd 10 all the Hon vice presidents and Off I
ers OF the association who aided in carr, ing i
at the greatest race meeting that was ever q
ED IN he city Of Wichita III management t
es ire 10 ess cially return their thankA We a